I have documented previously the ways in which my parenting style and attitude has changed over the years. Some of it in reaction to changing ages of children, some due to my own ideas changing a lot (hey I was the woman who couldn’t wait for them to be three so I could pack them …
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A not a lot sort of day today really. I’ve done muffiny stuff like putting away clean clothes, doing four loads of washing including stuff like towels and bathrobes, got dinner (pasta bolognaise) cooking in the slow cooker and cleared my email inbox. I took a phonecall from CV Boss Lady asking if I could …
Butterfly on a stick!
We’ve had a fab day today, really enjoyed it. 🙂 We went to Stanmer Park in Brighton, which is only about a fifteen minute drive to the Springwatch Event being held there. Due to a late to sleep night last night (and I have a blog post to make about that, maybe tomorrow) the children …
A long line of mothers and daughters…
I remember hearing that joke as a child; ‘there’s always been women in my side of the family – I come from a long line of mothers and daughters’ and sitting for ages trying to work it out, thinking ‘well so do I’. The female side of my family – the mothers and daughters, and …
I’m glad I spent it with you…
Enjoyed an embarassingly long lie in this morning. I was woken by shrieking children around 8am so slammed the bedroom door shut which was when Ady and the children went outside. I thought I’d just dozed for an hour or so, so was staggered to see it was gone 11am on the clock! 😳 They …
Three cheers for freecycle!
Just had an email to say I can collect a ‘barely used’ one of these 🙂 By barely used I assume they mean it’s still been emptied!
Tents aside…
Been a nice day here. Did the food shopping for next week as we went to get a mallet and Sainsburys is next door to Halfords where I got that, plus we were running low on food generally, so that’s out of the way early. The children have done drawing, played with k’nex, watched a …
But this is not such great news for tent pitching
is it?
And in under an hour….
I can’t deny there’s been a lot of swearing, my face is a rather unattractive purpley colour and I’m buggered if I’m going to try and bang pegs into my stoney lawn but it’s up, the children are inside it doing colouring and proclaiming it ‘the best tent we’ve ever been in!’ (gotta love those …
I’m stepping outside….
To have a go at putting the tent up. I may be gone some time…
Lovely day :-)
Various playing went on this morning including lots of watching Discovery Kids while I did laundry related stuff. They also played for ages with the Dora house which has suddenly become a great favourite toy again having sat unplayed with for months in Tarly’s bedroom. We had to pop round the shops to get bread …
Milestone parenting moment…
Both my children can blow their nose! Hurrah 🙂
worth the money then :-)
Davies just came up to me with a jointed plastic person (Dora’s father from the Dora dolls house actually) and told me to blink lots very quickly while he moved the joints cos it looks like he is running – hurrah, his own version of the animated thingy at Pixar. And he knew that the …
Blast from the past…
Most of the time I feel a bit sad for living quite so close to where I grew up. Worthing holds no magic for me – true there is a memory on every street corner but actually because I’ve spent my whole life here the happy childhood snapshots types have been largely diluted by watching …
Not exactly tough this one…
Given that most of the suggestions were ones I either expressed an interest in doing or have already done. 🙂 Anyone gets a surprising result I’d be amazed! Career Inventory Test Results Extroversion |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 83% Emotional Stability ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 56% Altruism |||||||||||| 33% Inquisitiveness ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% You are an Executive, possible professions include …
Can’t think of a title…
I’m feeling generally quite apathetic and removed from all around me at the moment. No real idea why and hopefully it won’t last – normally this feeling precedes some big change so if so let’s hope it’s a positive one eh? Today we met up with our friends Mel, Liam and Lily at Paradise Park …
I get no kick…
Your Personality Is Like Cocaine You’re dynamic, brilliant, and alluring to those who don’t know you. Hyper and full of energy, you’re usually the last one to leave a party. Sometimes your sharp mind gets the better of you… you’re a bit paranoid! What Drug Is Your Personality Like?
Up to ‘The Smoke’
We went up to London for the day yesterday, primarily so I could take Davies to the Pixar exhibition at the Science Museum but also for a day out. My parents came too and we caught the 10.08 to Victoria which gets us in around 11.30am. The trade off of having three other adults with …
Birthday monitor says…
Happy 3rd Birthday Small! 🙂 Love from Ady, Nic, Davies & Scarlett xx
Pink shoulders!
Thanks to a rather late night last night the children didn’t wake until 7.30am today – my turn to get up but not nearly as hideous as it could have been 🙂 Still not heard about the tent but I’m assuming it’s a no now – thanks for the offer Helen 🙂 We are borrowing …